Skanda Purana · Chapter 7.321

// īśvara uvāca // //
atha te kīrtayiṣyāmi rahasyaṃ sthānamuttamam //
sarvapāpaharaṃ nṝṇāmunnatasthānavāsinām

śreṣṭhadevasya māhātmyaṃ brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ //
unnatasthānasaṃsthasya devasya bālarūpiṇaḥ //
yasya darśanamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

// devyuvāca //
bālarūpīti yatproktamunnataṃ tatkathaṃ vada //
sthāneṣvanyeṣu sarvatra vṛddharūpī pitāmahaḥ

kasminsthāne sthitastatra kimarthaṃ tatra vā gataḥ //
kathaṃ sa pūjyo viprendraistithau kasyāṃ kramādvada

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// īśvara uvāca // //
ṛṣitoyāpaścime tu aiśānyāṃ sthalakeśvarāt //
brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ brahmaloka ivāparaḥ

brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca pūjyāḥ prābhāsike sadā //
brahmabhāge sthito brahmā ṛṣitoyātaṭe śubhe

rudrabhāge'gnitīrthe ca pūjyo rudraḥ sanātanaḥ //
girau raivatake ramye pūjyo dāmodaro hariḥ

somena prārthito devo bālarūpī pitāmahaḥ //
āgataścāṣṭavarṣastu hyunnate sthāna uttame

dṛṣṭvā brahmā dvijāñchreṣṭhāṃstatra sthāne sthito vibhuḥ

nāsti brahmasamo devo nāsti brahmasamo guruḥ //
nāsti brahmasamaṃ jñānaṃ nāsti brahmasamaṃ tapaḥ

tāvadbhramaṃti saṃsāre duḥkhaśokabhayāplutāḥ //
na bhavaṃti surajyeṣṭhe yāvadbhaktāḥ pitāmahe

samāsaktaṃ yathā cittaṃ jaṃtorviṣayagocare //
yadyevaṃ brahmaṇi nyastaṃ ko na mucyeta baṃdhanāt

paramāyuḥ smṛto brahmā parārdhaṃ tasya vai gatam //
unnatasthānasaṃsthasya dvitīyaṃ bhavitā'dhunā

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yadāsāvunnate sthāne brahmalokātpitāmahaḥ //
āgataścāṣṭavarṣastu bālarūpī tadocyate

sthāneṣvanyeṣu viprāṇāṃ vṛddharūpī pitāmahaḥ //
yuktaṃ tadunnatasthānaṃ sadā ca brahmaṇaḥ priyam

snātvā ca vidhivatpūrvaṃ brahmakuṃḍe narottama //
pūjayetpuṣpadhūpādyairbrahmāṇaṃ bālarūpiṇam

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya unnatasthāne brahmamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikaviṃśatyuttara triśatatamodhyāyaḥ